Optimization of ion acceleration in the interaction of intense femtosecond laser pulses with ultrathin foils

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2 2, 2003, Pages

  Dong, Q L ^a   Sheng, Z M ^a   Yu, M Y ^b   Zhang, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; OPTIMIZATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CHARGE SEPARATION POTENTIAL; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; ION ACCELERATION; OPTIMAL TARGET THICKNESS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 37649030364     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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